EU has started a general fight with all tech. US and European alike. Most countries would generally avoid that, in order to not kill its own tech sector. EU on

EU has started a general fight with all tech. US and European alike. Most countries would generally avoid that, in order to not kill its own tech sector. EU on the other hand seems to have no such qualms. But sure, the EU commission has gotten quite a lot of money out of fighting privacy intrusion by big US tech, but as is apparent from the suggested proposal, clearly not for the benefit of the EU citizens. On the other hand it's clear that many large US and European corporations has a huge amount of influence in specific legislation being passed. Forbidding certain types of goods (like e.g. incandescent light bulbs and plastic straws and much, much more) and forcing the use of certain alternatives. This type of random acts of lobby legislation is seen a lot less often in national legislation around the world.